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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alma recall Paul, Sr. doing the time Pammy slapped her?
(a) He walked by and said nothing.
(b) He punished Pammy for two weeks.
(c) He slapped her back.
(d) He yelled at Alma for bugging Pammy.

2. What did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?
(a) She called the cops.
(b) She had Paul, Sr. take them home.
(c) She left them there.
(d) She spanked them both.

3. What is Debi doing outside of her house when Alma sees her as she and Pammy reach the house?
(a) Planting roses.
(b) Mowing her lawn.
(c) Sweeping her sidewalk.
(d) Painting her house.

4. Who is the author of "Mother's Day"?
(a) John Cheever.
(b) George Saunders.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) George Orwell.

5. What did Pammy and Paulie witness one fourth of July when they were young and playing with sparklers?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Paul, Sr. hit Alma.
(c) Paul, Sr. having sex with another woman.
(d) Their parents having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?

2. Who is Elieen who Alma recalls when thinking of Pammy and Paulie's younger days?

3. What does Alma wish Pammy would have worn on their Mother's Day outing?

4. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?

5. What did Paulie try to give Alma and Paul, Sr. when they nearly lost their house?

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